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PAGE TWENTY-FOUR The New OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning. April 21, 1929 Daphrie" (Continued from Page 22.) girt shrill, happy laughter tink led, lingered a moment, and was goae In a -whiff of gasoline. A pickup maybe. Girls did things like that. Other girls did, why couldn't she? It would be ale to ride in a fast red car, and top somewhere where it was brick t and light, for something hot to eat. Something hot . . she bulled her coat tighter about her. It was getting cold there on the pier.. Two drunken seamen lurched by. One of them was singing soft ly. In a sentimental whiskey ten or . . Lay my head be-neath the rose . . . Daphne listened, huddled in the shadows . . "Be-nea-th the ro-e." It was oddly sweet in the silence of the wharf . .And the lareblng sear.t?n weren't alone, they had each other. Til do it!" she decided hotly. I'll pick someone up. Everybody else does, I don't know why I shouldn't!" nr. uariz . .wnaiever maof j him pop into her head? Mr. Gartz, aad his wet, thick lip s on her Beck . .Ugh! She scrubbed at the spot. Just below her right ear, sickened at the remembrance . It wasn't any use, she couldn't do it . . . She leaned against the shed again, straining her ears to hear the last of the sailor's song, hear ing Instead the soft lap. lap of the water . .a cradle song. A song for her . . . She looked over the edge . dark and quiet with Just the crate bobbing up and down, up and down, peacefully . .it wouldn't be eo bad to be bobbing up and town there, dead . .if you went too close to the edge . .and fell In . . . Lap, lap, lap . . .the water againts the piles . . .talking to her . .If she should fall in . . .accidentally. She wouldn t do it, of course. hat her feet were bringing her nearer the edge. Her hands were searching in the small red purse for her card case, to destroy the cards. Just in case . .The nick el! She pulled it out thoughtful ly. It seemed a shame not to spend It first She stood looking at it in the darkness, feeling its shiny sides Suppose, it were only a telephone slag! "Well, I'll go spend it any way!" she thought whimsically, "IH buy a cup of coffee down here somewhere, and if it's bogus 'U aay I couldn t see in the dark! A cup of coffee! She could al most taste it, could almost smell its hot fragrance . . She ran all the way back to the ferry, keeping close to the lights, away from the piers. She was suddenly afraid of the smooth, oily water. CHAPTER X TNSIDE the Java Inn the air was warm and smoky. A great hooded range extended along one side. The small, brown tables were crowded. Sailors mostly. Nice-looking boys, lean and bronz ed from the salt wind, ready for anything. They raised bold, friend ly eyes to look at Daphne as she came in. One of them grinned. "Hello, cutle!" "Aw, shut up!" his companion drawled. "You're annoyin' the lady!" And he grinned, too, and deliberately winked a bold, dark eye. swallowed it, reached for the salt and pepper. What a lot of pepper 1 He'd spoil it . . hut he seem ed to iika.it that way. He was cer tainly enjoying If, She sighed, and reached for a piece of bread. My but It was nice to eat again, even dry bread. She had another slice. And another. More than her share, but the man didn't seem to care for bread, some people don't. . She watched him furtively, busy with his ham and eggs and French fried potatoes. He looked like somebody she'd seen before. A little wrinkle of concentration gathered between her eyebrows. When you have only a nickel you have to read the menu pasted on the window to make sure cof fee won't be ten cents. It was five at the "Java Inn." Just a block from the ferry building. A nice, clean-looking place, with a plate glass window, and a red-faced cook In a white cap, flopping hot cakes merrily. The most delicious smell of coffee and toast, and fry lag steaks, came out to her on the sidewalk. She pushed in the door. " ' S , ft - f n. I l ft W ' r ; She watched the man furtively, busy unth hit ham and egg$. He was so busy eating that she could frankly stare and he didn't even notice. Smooth, blond "hair, lighter than his tanned skin. Well chisel- Embarrasesd Daphne sank into the nearest ' empty chair at the other side of the room. Under lowered lashes she saw that she had chosen a tabla at which a man sat smoking, reading a news paper. The waiter placed a paper nap pin, a knife and fork and a glass of ice water on the bare table be fore her. and a long, spotted "Bill of Fare." "Just a cup of coffee that's all!" At the sound of her voice the young man opposite looked at her over the top of his paper, then returned to his reading. The waiter went away and did not Come back. The sailors shuf fled oijt with a great scraping; of chairs and flipping of coins ,oa the cashier's counter. Soon Daph-i ne and the man at her table were the only ones left, and she wish ed, uncomfortably, that she had chosen another table. But the warmth and the smell of food drugged her senses, she sat there stupidly, waiting for her coffee. It came finally, a tall white mug with the cream already in it, golden brown, boiling hot. With the first sip Daphne began to feel better. Her head cleared. Warmth surged through her. She drank the scalding liquid greedily, and put the cup down In a little panic when she saw that it was already half empty. She wanted to make it last. The man opposite had cof fee, too. He dropped three lumps of sugar Into his cup, and stirred it absently, still absorbed in his paper. Then the waiter came back with a smoking platter of ham and eggs, and a plate of bread which he placed between them. Ham and eggs . . .sputter ing still, full of little buttery bub bles . .Daphne took another sip of her coffee. She was hungry, terribly hungry. How good the ham and eggs looked. She watch ed, fascinated, while the young man cut off a piece of the ham. ed, very masculine features. Long straight eyebrows. A nice boyish mouth that quirked up at the cor ners. He looked like . .like . She studied him, trying to remem ber . .a collar ad? No. not a collar ad. The man who smoked cigarettes on the billboards, half serious, half humorous. He certainly , looked like that cigarette man, but the man In the cigarette ad was darker. "Well I've seen him somewhere!" she thought. But where? Absorbed in trying to remember, she took the last piece of bread, and ate it dry. The coffee was all gone. Then, absently, with his eyes still on the paper propped beside him, the young man reached for a piece of bread. The plate was empty. He looked at It blankly, then, with a flicker of amusement he looked-' across at Daphne, shrink ing In her chair, growing smaller and redder every moment. She felt him looking, knew that he was laughing at her. It was no use pretending not to notice. "I'm sorry," she said in a small voice. "I didn't think. I Just kept on eating. Maybe it wasn't meant for me at all . He continued to look at her, amused and silent, with the air of an old. shaggy dog watching a nervous kitten. When her yocie trailed away he said heartily. Why that's all right. We'll or der some more." (To Be Continued.) SKULL IS FRACTURED William, the 13-year-old son of Pete Farley, died Sunday In a Pendleton hospital from a frac tured skull received when he fell off a horse at hi shome in Board-man. Real VaMesl n&eaH Savucag OpeningSaleofNewSpringGoods Pure Silk S"b! 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